Nuggets Basketball Is Back! And So Is Losing To The Wolves
Matt and Ryan break down the Nuggets’ loss to the Timberwolves in the preseason opener, the good, the bad, and the defense.
0:00 Intro: Nuggets lose preseason opener to Timberwolves
5:10 Analyzing Nuggets’ defensive effort and scheme
10:28 Standout performances from Murray and Watson
15:36 Bruce Brown’s return and Jonas Valanciunas’ impact
21:28 Preseason expectations vs regular season realities
26:48 Potential rotation changes and player evaluations
31:51 Looking ahead to regular season start
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29 Comments
Jaden McDaniels > Cam Johnson… and it isn't close.
blackburn (and swipa)is unwatchable. it sucks, i just cross my fingers for a matt solo episode… i miss this being a good show.
I had a PTSD watching the third and fourth quarters, with Picket, Nnaji, Strawter and Tyson lineup. I would divest from Tyson, Nnaji and Strawter and invest into Moses Brown, Holmes, Watson, Picket and Jones. With Val, Bruce Brown and Hardaway Jr, they have everything they need. Backup guard is not going to be a problem, looks like there's a lot more ball handling available then I thought.
Why is Blackburn losing his shit 1 game into the preseason bro lol actually unlistenable shit
you would think denver would be the team with a chip on their shoulders, even for just the first quarter.
Nuggets treated this game like a “knock the rust off” preseason game and the Wolves had way more effort.
Usually it’s Matt being pompous and obnoxious but tonight it’s Ryan! 😂 No we can’t panic over a wolves loss after 4 practices and adding 4 new major pieces including a starter. Come on bro…
Having the 2 slowest centers in the entire league doesn’t help also, cones on defense
3 ad reads for a 30 minute podcast. not sure why i bother with you guys.
This was a great show ! My concern watching this game is Nuggets speed. They look like a slow team, do they have the speed and athleticism needed ? Too early to tell …let us see !
no injuries? WIN!
Yall did great on this show. I didn’t hear anything egregious. I’ve been saying Val was the wrong choice for a backup and still feel that way. We need someone that can function in space defensively. We have two of the most limited centers in the league defensively and their limits are the same. I’m not saying the season is cooked, i’m just keeping my notes.
Hardaway looked crazy out there tonight. If we were setting our roster off of tonight, Julian is in, Tim is out. Tim looked like slow Russ with a bad knee with his decision making.
Nnaji and Tyson look their usual incompetence…
Overreactions left right and center
Not overly concerned because, it's nearly a brand new team that needs to learn how to play Together. However, kind of shaky start especially for Cam Johnson, I can't wait for the comments from michael porter truther 😂😂
As a european who's used to teams training a lot more together, a five day training camp is just insane to me you can't build anything in such a short amount of time.
Timberwolves destroyed the Nuggets 7 times in a row now. I don't care if its the pre-season, Nuggets haven't beaten them since game 5 of 2024 series! Since then they've been blown out in almost every game, and I'm thinking they can say whatever they want "it's pre-season, we don't care! We're fine!" You're not "fine" if a team beats you 7 times in a row, I don't care it it's at Mario Cart! Just do it and stop telling us it doesn't matter if they gave up 140! Lost by 20. Lost by 29. Lost by 3. Lost by 8. Lost by 45. I'm just tired of watching this shit.
I thought Matt was kidding!
Nuggets fanbase needs to stop trying to find reasons to panic
Nuggets fan. Imma tell you why. The Nuggets are Team Lightbright vs Team Dark skin, no offense. The Wolves are not afraid of us, they love beating us.
Zeke was good defensively by the way but you fans(in the comments) only focus on negatives because you don't believe he can ever be good
I missed you guys
I missed Nuggets basketball
LOOK HOW EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THE MINUTES WERE. THIS GAME SHOWS NOTHING OF WHATS TO COME. NOTHING. CAN JOHNSON TOOK 3 SHOTS.
Timberwolves fan here. I love the Denver chicken nuggets. I also know we can't hold this streak this long against a good team. You guys have some interesting new players, it'll definitely complicate the matchups this year.
🤘🏿🤘🏿
Shout out to Ryan
Great analysis 💪🏿
T pups are going to be a problem for the west.
Why does it seem like Ryan was surprised when Naz Reid Jaden McDaniels hit 3s? That is what Naz does and Jaden has been getting better and better offensively every season.
Calm down its preseason.Both of you are overreacting especially Ryan.Its a new coaching staff with new players, new defence philosophies and after 4 practices what do you expect?
This team has so much more talent than last year and it's going to take for them to time gel especially defensively. Don't worry about Jokic or CB concentrate on Val,Hardaway and Cam getting comfortable with team.Criticizing Nikola and CB for their defence is pure stupidity especially the first preseason game.
let Ryan mf'in cook